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Diet at the Village: January
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Special treat
We call them pats on the back, but life's little rewards often aim for the stomach: think Friday happy hours, pizza parties, birthday cakes. A Florida school district has recently partnered with McDonalds to redeem good report cards with Happy Meals. If you constantly dish out rewards from a bowl, you may crimp your weight-loss efforts and instill bad habits in your kids — or worse, says Madelyn, push them toward obesity. Incentives don't have to revolve around eating. But food-as-reward does have its place — in moderation.
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